Jewish officials are applauding the Canadian government for establishing a national Holocaust Remembrance Day. “At a time when anti-Semitic incidents seem to be on the rise worldwide, Canada’s action today stands as a symbol of leadership against that darkness,” Bernie Farber, a Canadian Jewish Congress official, said this week.
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